Game Community Management for Developers

Create a developer community strategy:

Game/Studio: ${{GAME_STUDIO}}
Development Stage: ${{DEVELOPMENT_STAGE}}
Target Community Size: ${{COMMUNITY_SIZE}}
Resources: ${{RESOURCES}}
Goals: ${{GOALS}}

Build strategy for:

1. COMMUNITY PLATFORMS
- Discord setup
- Social media presence
- Forums/Reddit
- Steam community
- Newsletter

2. CONTENT STRATEGY
- Dev log frequency
- Behind-the-scenes access
- Progress updates
- Community content
- Educational content

3. ENGAGEMENT APPROACH
- Response philosophy
- Feedback handling
- Feature requests
- Bug reports
- Community input

4. TRANSPARENCY LEVELS
- What to share
- What to protect
- Timing of reveals
- Honesty about challenges
- Setting expectations

5. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Playtesting recruitment
- Content creation
- Localization help
- Bug hunting
- Feedback channels

6. NEGATIVE FEEDBACK HANDLING
- Criticism response
- Toxic behavior
- Disappointment management
- Promise keeping
- Course correction

7. LAUNCH PREPARATION
- Community hype building
- Ambassador programs
- Launch day planning
- Support preparation
- Review coordination

8. POST-LAUNCH COMMUNITY
- Update communication
- Long-term engagement
- Community content
- Modding support
- Sequel/DLC involvement

Provide:
- Community guideline template
- Content calendar
- Response templates
- Crisis communication plan